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Blue Mound, Illinois, September 1955

Date of account
1955-09
Location
Blue Mound, Illinois
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 17 Sep 55 Blue Mound,Illinos 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircroft Local xGround-Visual 口 Probably Aircraft GMT_18/0420Z AirVisual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE xx Was Astronomical S OYos 口 Probably Astronomical αNo civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 2hrs,20 min 1 口 Insufficiont Dota for Evaluation SE to NE 口 Unknown 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Similar to star. Alternated green,blue, red Positional data not included.Duration & and white, very high, seemed to be bobbing up description indicateB astro body such and dowm and sideways. as a first magnitude star. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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